Date:  Mon, 22 Nov 1993 12:55:56 CST

From:  Mike Picone <MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.BITNET>

Subject: Re: linguistic nationalism



In response to Alan Slotkin's request:



English only policies were established with regards to education in the

Louisiana public schools in the early 1900s in order to supress varieties of

French (which had the simultaneious effect of suppressing Creole and Native

American dialects).



A good overview of the evolving situation, concerning French at least, is

available in the following:



Ancelet, Barry Jean. 1988. A Perspective on teaching the problem language in

 Louisiana. The French Review 61:345-356.



Mike Picone

U Alabama